The standard care model for nursing will be highly comprehensive, due to the integration of virtual nursing.
HealthLeaders spoke to Steve Klahn, system clinical director for virtual medicine at Houston Methodist, about the widespread impacts of virtual nursing on the healthcare industry. Tune in to hear his insights.
G Hatfield is the CNO editor for HealthLeaders.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Within the next five to 10 years, more than half of all nursing positions could be entirely virtual or have some kind of virtual component, which will only expand thereafter.
Care delivery models will have virtual nursing fully integrated and will involve support from remote nurses and new ways of collecting patient information.
Virtual nursing has the potential to impact staffing by eliminating contract labor and serving as a flexible scheduling and education tool for both new nurses and tenured nurses.